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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creb "remind" the men about the clan's ancient past?
(a) Women once hunted as well as men.
(b) Women used to hunt while men protected the young.
(c) The totem spirits are the only spirits the clan has ever had.
(d) The cave bear and the cave lion females hunt.

2. What happens while the clan is herding the fish into the net?
(a) Uba finds Ayla's sling.
(b) Ona loses her footing and gets swept out to sea.
(c) A sturgeon drags Brun out to sea.
(d) A predator snatches one of the toddlers from the beach.

3. What does Creb want to teach Ayla?
(a) How to make his arthritis medicine
(b) How to hunt
(c) How to be a Mog-ur
(d) How to communicate properly with signals

4. Why does Creb have an ideal location in the cave?
(a) Because of his deformities
(b) Because he has arthritis
(c) Because of his unique position in the clan's hierarchy
(d) Because his sibling is medicine woman

5. What does Creb find when he goes to his annex to break the death curse by changing the pattern of bones?
(a) The curse has already been broken.
(b) Rodents have taken over the annex.
(c) The curse is still in effect.
(d) The Cave Lion spirit shows himself and tells Creb to make Ayla a hunter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iza take Ayla to the other women?

2. What does Ayla find when she is looking for a place to practice her sling skills?

3. What does Broud have to do to prove he is now a man?

4. What men stay behind to protect the cave?

5. How does Ayla survive the attack after the sling misses it's mark?

(see the answer key)

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